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  • Obama Overstates Kansas Tornado Deaths

    05/09/2007 10:54:48 AM PDT · by Brainhose · 42 replies · 1,155+ views
    Breitbart ^ | Today | Brainhose
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12. "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died—an entire town destroyed," the Democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser. Obama mentioned the disaster in Greensburg, Kan., in saying he had been told by the office of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius that the state's National Guard had...
  • Obama blows it with Bush-like tornado gaffe

    05/08/2007 11:11:03 PM PDT · by jdm · 24 replies · 1,196+ views
    News.Com.Au ^ | May 9, 2007 | Staff Writers
    UNRELENTING critic of George W. Bush and US presidential hopeful Barack Obama committed his own Bush-ism this week when he got swept up in the drama of a campaign speech. Senator Obama told an crowd of 500 people at a campaign fundraiser that 10,000 people had been killed in the Kansas tornado tragedy, according to the Associated Press.